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Sustainable Development Certificate in Global Studies

Sustainable Development Certificate in Global Studies

The Sustainable Development Certificate in Global Studies is an academic credential offered by the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) Global Studies Center. The certificate explores challenges and solutions to improving quality of life without increasing the use of natural resources beyond environmental capacity or compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The certificate is open to students of all majors and can be combined with the business-centric certificates offered through Pitt Business.

Benefit to Pitt Business Students

Future and current business leaders recognize that successful organizations must consider the needs of various stakeholders while simultaneously engaging in inclusive and environmentally sound practices. Within a global context, this means focusing attention on environmental, social, and economic sustainability across global supply chains, which Pitt Business students can examine and better understand with the completion of a Sustainable Development Certificate in Global Studies. This knowledge will become vital as students enter the global market, where their business solutions will focus on profitability and the efficiency of resources will deliver both immediate and long-term benefits for people, the planet, and prosperity.

Applications to Business

With the Sustainable Development Certificate in Global Studies, students are able to study topics including but not limited to:

Global population growth

Social entrepreneurship

Economic and human development

Global resource management

Environmental change

International environmental law

Academic Requirements

The Sustainable Development Certificate in Global Studies is an 18-credit program designed as an enhancement to the Pitt Business Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) degree program. It builds upon the core curriculum and offers perspectives that are relevant to students earning a major in accounting, business information systems, finance, global management, human resources management, marketing, and supply chain management. Students who earn the certificate are also able to complement their global studies certificate with any of the certificate programs offered through Pitt Business.

Curriculum

The certificate comprises a total of 18 academic credits. Students must complete one required course, a range of elective courses, and must fulfill language requirements. Students are also required to submit a capstone paper that highlights an issue related to sustainable development.

Students are able to double count up to six credits from their major, which allows them to fulfill their general education requirements, major requirements, and certificate requirements at the same time

Students must select three courses from at least two departments other than their major

Courses from Pitt Business, and the schools of humanities, social sciences, and other professional schools can count toward the certificate

3. Language Proficiency

Students must complete two years of college-level language study

Students must have a minimum of intermediate, low-level proficiency in a foreign language

The foreign language credits are not included in the 18 credits required for the certificate

4. Study Abroad

Study abroad is not required but is highly recommended

Please contact the Pitt Business International Programs Office for study abroad programs that compliment the certificate

SCHOOL

DEPT

TITLE

CREDITS

A&S

ANTH

Origins of Cities

3

A&S

ANTH

Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology: Anthropology of the Environment

3

A&S

ANTH

Anthropology of Food

3

A&S

ANTH

Economic Anthropology

3

A&S

ANTH

Religion and Ecology

3

A&S

BIOSC

Ecology

3

A&S

BIOSC

Popular Biology

3

A&S

ECON

Introduction to Development Economics

3

A&S

ECON

Environmental Economies

3

A&S

ECON

Introduction to Development Economies

3

A&S

ECON

Environmental Economics

3

A&S

ECON

Introduction to Environmental and Resources Economics

3

A&S

ECON

Labor and Economy

3

A&S

ECON

Introduction to Development Economies

3

A&S

ECON

Economic Growth and Public Health Demography

3

A&S

ECON

BRICS Today

1

A&S

ENGLIT

Literature and the Environment

3

A&S

GEOL

Gelogy

3

A&S

GEOL

Natural Disasters

3

A&S

GEOL

Environmental Geology

3

A&S

GEOL

The Atmosphere, Oceans, and Climate

3

A&S

GEOL

Sustainability

3

A&S

GEOL

Managing Environmental Non-Profit Organizations

3

A&S

GEOL

Environmental Issues: Water Quality

3

A&S

GEOL

Environmental Issues: Mining and Gas

3

A&S

GEOL

Advanced Geographical Information

3

A&S

GEOL

GIS, GPS, and Computer Methods

3

A&S

HAA

Approaches to Built Environment

3

A&S

HIST

Capstone Seminar: Water Resources

3

A&S

HPS

Thinking about the Environment

3

A&S

PS

Capstone Seminar in Comparative Politics: Political Economy of Development

3

A&S

PS

Politics of Oil and Natural Resources

3

A&S

PS

Politics of Global Economic Relations

3

A&S

PS

Global Environmental Politics

3

A&S

SOC

Societies

3

A&S

SOC

Social Problems

3

A&S

SOC

Urban Sociology

3

A&S

SOC

Experiencing Globalization

3

A&S

SOC

Health and Illness

3

A&S

SOC

Society and Environment

3

A&S

URBNST

Urban Research Seminar

3

A&S

URBNST

Social Justice and the City

3

A&S

URBNST

International Urbanism Seminar

3

ENGR

CEE

Introduction to Environmental Engineering

3

ENGR

CEE

Engineering and Sustainable Development

3

CGS

LEGLST

Law and the Environment

3

CGS

PUBSRV

GIS in the Public Service

3

CBA

BUSSCM

Managing Global Supply Chains

3

CBA

BUSSCM

Procurement and Distribution Management

3

How to Enroll in the Program

Students interested in the Sustainable Development Certificate in Global Studies should schedule an appointment with Global Studies Advisor Elaine Lin through www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/advising. In addition to receiving information about the academic credentials of the program, students will be able to learn about funding opportunities, lectures, and engagement opportunities with global decision makers.